WP Problems

Recently, I haven’t been able to comment on all the blogs I used to. With some, my comments simply don’t show. I don’t know if they land in a spam folder or if they’re not recorded at all. So, if some of you are missing my comments, it’s not me. I have no idea what mightcause this problem and what I can do about it. Maybe I simply have to wait and see if that kink unravels itself.

111 responses to “WP Problems”

Sometimes it just means that the author moderates each comment/question. But I have known people who say their comment doesn’t appear and when I get back on-line – I see 2 or 3 of the same comment from the same person [I know what happened] – I wasn’t there at the time to approve it.

Well, with comments that were awaiting moderation, I always got a note, “this comment awaits moderation”, and then, after a while, they appeared on the blog. But they don’t show up at all any more, not even after days. And when I immediately try to publish them again, I don’t get the WP notofication that I have already published that comment. My conclusion: they simply disappear in the electronic nirvana.

Hallo Dina,
It is absolutely frustrating, especially because with many blogs I don’t have any means to contact the owners and letting them know.
Have a wonderful Sunday, too, in the little village near the big sea,
Pit
P.S.: We’re having a rainy weekend, too, but that’swelcome.

I do think sometimes people are moderating their comments which means they won’t show until they’ve been approved…….then again sometimes they wind up in spam files and don’t show until they’re moved OUT of spam……crazy but it happens on our blog too (although I’ve never moderated comments but do get some regular commenters in the Spam folder for some reason!).

Well, with comments that were awaiting moderation, I always got a note, “this comment awaits moderation”, and then, after a while, they appeared on the blog. But they don’t show up at all any more, not even after days.

I had this happen to me too back then. It happened at a time when I was still new to blogging and constantly mentioned my blog url in the comments of other blogs. Of course I learned from this 🙂 I am not saying that you might have done the say, but some people are really picky when it comes to comments. If just a few would have flagged your comments, you will be marked as spam from then on automatically.

I assume it’s not your fault, fact is that software can always come up with false positives. That might have happened in your case.

My experience is that this issue is solved quickly by contacting Akismet or WordPress.com

Dennis,
Thank you so much for chipping i here! Much appreciated. I’ve never thought of contacting Akismet. Maybe I’ll do that. And also WP. I’ve had some success with their support so far.
As to my blog URL in my comments: that’s done automatically with my name, and I can’t omit it, to the best of my knowledge. If I try to, I get an error message.
Let’s hope I can somehow work these kinks out.
Have fun, too,
Pit

Well, I believe that, too. The real problem is: there’s no way to inform those blog owners. For them it just looks like I don’t (want to) comment any more. And, of course, this could happen with people who comment on my blog.

It’s my firm belief, Amy, that this glitch again is – as you suggest – an update problem of WP. I really hate it that they throw untested versions on us. Btw, there also are some blogs I can’t “like”. Usually that, though, works when I do that immediately in my email notification.

Thanks, Robert, for your troubles. I have no idea, either. It would be great if Akismet provided a “white list” for URLs or emails that are never considered spam. But to the best of my knowledge they only have a “black list”. Let’s hope that some day this bug will be fixed.
Have a great day,
Pit

Yes, I guess I’d assumed that following someone’s postings constituted an automatic “white list” as you say.
“Akismet” sounds like some sort of pagan cult – – perhaps we should all be doing some sort of burnt offerings to the technology gods? 🙂

Robert, I agree: once you approve of a commenter, that should be forever – like an automatic white list. But sometimes there seems to be a snatch in it. Akismet treats comments with many [I don’t know how many] links in it as spam. And as far as I know, after that your comments are always treated as spam, links or no links.
I love your idea of Akismet as a pagan cult, and doing burnt offerings. 😉 Do you think a good barbeque would work?! 😉 I’m afraid I don’t smoke. So a cigar is out of the question.

It certainly is crazy. With some blogs, it might have been the fact that I included too many links in my comment(s). But thre are others to which I sent multiple links and on which I can comment. Well, who understands the intricacies of WordPress.
Have a good week, too,
Pit

LOL
Good typo-spotting!
As to the problems: just now I’m too frustratted to even contact WP support. I’ve resolved, for the time being, to not comment [in most cases at least] but to only leave a “like”.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Pit

What a shame! I just popped back to see if you’d resolved problems and saw some of the comments above. Thank you so much for all the sharing you continue to do on my behalf. I hope that you and Mary are enjoying Spring. (or what passes for it in your neck of the woods 🙂 )

Hi Jo,
Thanks for coming by again to check. To answer your question: no, things have not been resolved, but I haven’t really tried yet. I’m simply frustrated and that has taken the fun out of blogging. We’ll see how it ends.
Take care, and enjoy your spring as we do ours,
Pit

Good morning, Steve,
it really is a nuisance. But I haven’t given up hope yet that some time it may be solved. It has been suggested to me that maybe my email address is blocked in some blogs, but then, (1) why not in all blogs, (2) why do some of my comments disappear even withour a trace, and (3) why deosn’t commenting with another of my email addresses solve the problem?
Anyway: I am enjoying spring, and the wildflowers here in the Fredericksburg area. I’ll be out and about this week for pictures.
Have a great time, too,
Pit

Are you able to post yet? I do see your likes on my blog, but every time I check your, this is the latest one I can find! Hope you are well and that this WP problem straightens out soon. I know that I am not receiving posts from a number of bloggers whose posts I have subscribed to! 😦

Mary,
Thanks for your comment. I’m doing fine. I’m only not in the blogging mood. Partly because I’m unable to comment on quite a few blogs still. I hope this will change some time, but I’, not too confident. Meanwhile, as I said, I’m just not blogging myself. We’,, see when that changes.
As to your blog: my comments don’t seem to get through. Maybe they ended up in your spam folder. That has happened frequently with my comments in other blogs.
I hope you have a great time, and that some time we’ll be able to have unhindered contact again,
Pit

Every time I ever had this problem it was because either WordPress, Internet Explorer, or Windows 7 updated itself without my knowledge. After I found out about the update and undid it, everything worked again. Now, on all my computers, automatic updates are turned OFF. If there are updates, the software notifies me and lets me make the decision about whether or not I wish to update.

Russel,
Thanks for your comment. It might be a WP update, not one in a browser, as I have the same results with any browser I use, and also with my smart phone.
To me, the most likely culprit is the anti-spam programme [Akismet, I believe]. As far as I see it, my comments land in the spam folders of the recipients. I usually send the comments first through my regular browser – Firefox – and then, if they don’t appear on the blog I sent them to, re-send through MS IE. This normally gives me the message “double comment”, which leads me to conclude they have been received. Anyway: even if the recipients check their spam folder and “unspam” my comment, that is for this one comment only and has no lasting effect. Plus: even if they anser to my comment, I don’t get the usual e-mail notfication about that. So I never know.
The reason for my comments ending up in spam folders may be that I have at some time put in too many links – which Akismet considers typical of spam.
Anyway: I’m still at a loss about what to do, especially as this doesn’t happen with all the blogs I comment on. For the time being, I have simply given up on commenting much, and also am not really in the mood to blog myself.
Thanks again for your comment, and have a great week,
Pit

Good morning, Mary,
Thanks for your continuing interest. I’m still not posting. Somehow I’ve fallen into a “reluctant mode”. I’ve also taken to not commenting on others’ blogs, or rather, rarely only, since so m,any of my comments don’t seem to reach the intended recipient. I keep reading others’ posts, though, and “liking” them just to let them know I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth. The whole thing simply is frustrating. I think I really need to contact WP if they can help me. We’ll see.
Have a wonderful week,
Pit

Well, now that I have enlisted WP’s help, I might be able to solve the problems, even if that doesn’t seem t be easy. Let’s hope for the best. But at least I’ve made a new beginning in my “Bilderbuch Blog” [https://pitsbilderbuch.wordpress.com/2017/05/08/lower-slaughter-gb/]
And I’ll soon comment on your blog again, too. Lately I have only been reading it.